Well, you see, I know all about you and your mother." "Yes.

I will go with you." "Now for the next question: you're not to call me ma'am.

You must call me just my own name--respectfully, you know--just North Wind." "Well, please, North Wind, you are so beautiful, I am quite ready to go with you." "You must not be ready to go with everything beautiful all at once, Diamond." "But what's beautiful can't be bad.

You're not bad, North Wind ?" "No; I'm not bad.

But sometimes beautiful things grow bad by doing bad, and it takes some time for their badness to spoil their beauty.
So little boys may be mistaken if they go after things because they are beautiful." "Well, I will go with you because you are beautiful and good, too." "Ah, but there's another thing, Diamond:--What if I should look ugly without being bad--look ugly myself because I am making ugly things beautiful ?--What then ?" "I don't quite understand you, North Wind.